earlier. the defense tried hard to undermine former national enquirer publisher david pecker and upcoming witness, michael cohen. trump s attorney, emil bove, a asking if he believed cohen was prone to exaggeration, pecker agreeing that he was the end of it all, the former president had this to say about the trials so far this is eight days that we all sitting in this courthouse. this is all biden-run indictment it s an order to try and win election political opponent nothing like this has ever happened eight days country is going to hell and we sit here day after, day after day, which is their plan well, the foreign president offer no evidence. of course, who any of those claims. there s no evidence that any of what he said is true. and i m joining us tonight, new york criminal defense attorney arthur aidala, also attorney and former apprentice contestant stacey schneider, cnn political commentator earl lewis cnn legal analyst let s karen friedman, agnifilo and elie honi